254 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA, 



The cattle leave this plant untouch'd, at lead the 

 ftalks and flowers of it. 



axvenfis\o. RANUNCULUS feminibiis aculeatis, foliis fnpe-. 

 rioribus decompofitis linearibus. Sp, 'pi. 780. 

 (CEder.Dan, t. 219. opt, Ger, em, 951./. ^.Mo- 

 ris, hiji.f. 4. A 29./. 23 J 



Corn Crowfoot, jinglis. 



In corn fields, but not common. Dr. Tarfons* O. 

 VI. 



The ftalk is a foot high, eredl and branched : the 

 flower is fmall, and of a pale yellow color : the 

 ne6lariferous fcale is obfcurely heart-fliaped with 

 an infledled margin, : the Stamina are about 14 

 or 15 : the feeds 6 or 8, of a round and flatted 

 figure, both fides echinated or covered with 

 prickles, the marginal ones being the longefl: and 

 • largefl. This lafl: criterion readily difl;inguiflies 



the fpccies. 



The juice of this kind is acrid like the preceding. 

 An ounce of it given to a dog has killed him 

 in three days, the fl:omach being inflamed, cor- 

 roded and bHfl:ered. 



hederactous RANUNCULUS foliis fubrotundis trilobis inte- 

 ij. gerrimis, caule repente. Sp. pL 781. {CEder.Dan, 



t. 321. opt, Moris, hiji. /. 4. /. 29./. 29. P^tiv, 

 herb, t, 38./. 12) 

 Ivy-leav'd Water Crowfoot. AngliL 



I ob. 



